Cannot Uninstall the OneDrive App: The item “OneDrive” canot be moved to the Bin because it is open

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For Mac users, taking advantage of free online cloud storage. There are other amazing tiers of online storage you can use on Mac, and they are Apple’s iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive.

OneDrive Basic offers 5GB of storage with an option to upgrade to higher plans. So, if you need more online storage on your Mac, you can make use of the OneDrive service.

Sometimes you may feel there’s less and less application memory on your Mac, and if you want to delete some apps to free up space, OneDrive is on your list. You can remove OneDrive from Mac manually as described in the subsequent steps below.

Kindly refer to these related guides: How to Disable or Uninstall OneDrive on Windows 10 and 11, Microsoft OneDrive Setup On Windows 10 and 11, and Key Features Explained, and how to move OneDrive Folder to a Different Location in Windows 10.

Fix the item “OneDrive” can’t be moved to the Bin because it’s open

You are unable to remove OneDrive because the application is automatically opened upon login. 

In order to resolve this error,, we will have to remove the app from automatic login and then proceed with the deletion again. As you can see from the image below, we are unable to delete OneDrive from Mac.

Navigate to System Preferences from the LaunchPad,

Click on the Users & Groups as shown below

Click on the “Login Options” tab, and on the Padlock in order to make changes.

You will be required to authenticate to unlock USers & Grup Preferences. Please Enter your Administrative PAssword.

As you can see below, OneDrive starts automatically when I log in. You can uncheck and restart.

Alternatively, I have decided to remove it entirely. Because I am deleting OneDrive, I will have to remove it by selecting OneDrive and clicking on the (-) button as shown in the image below.

Then restart your Mac (Apple menu > Restart). As you can see below, my device has restarted.

After it boots up, drag the OneDrive application to the Bin

You will be required to enter your password to be able to do this.

I will recommend emptying the trash. After that, you should be able to re-download OneDrive from the Mac App Store.

That is all, OneDrive has been completely uninstalled.

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